Author: Halden
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About
This site is mostly about the north Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick (11211, 11249 and 11222), and about issues of development, land use, design and construction ongoing in these neighborhoods and elsewhere. Comments are always on for articles, off for linked items.
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8 Sept: City Reliquary “Tribute to Our City”
The always fun and informative City Reliquary is sponsoring its 4th annual Tribute to Our City this weekend. From Reliquary President Dave Herman: Ladies and Gentlemen, The City Reliquary Museum invites you to… The 4th Annual Tribue to Our City This Saturday September 8th, 2007 12-6PM on Havemeyer Street between Grand & Hope Sts. A…
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It Is Illegal to Get This High
144 North 8th Street (aka The Finger Building) Photo: A Test of Will Remember all those buildings that were grandfathered under the old zoning – it turns out that they only had 2 years to complete work, after which time their DOB permits expired. That two years was up in May, 2007. And because the…
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More Bike Parking
Photo: Otomi In a follow-up to the historic bicycle parking peninsula at Bedford and North 7th, NYC DOT is now proposing 5 additional bike parking peninsula in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. The Bedford/N7 site is the first time the city has taken away automobile parking to create bicycle parking – and these five sites will do…
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Move it or lose it
“Derelict” in the city’s eyes A while back, we noted the City’s recent crackdown on illegal sidewalk parking of motorcycles and scooters. Since then, we’ve heard first-hand a tale of woe that anyone on two wheels should take note of. After multiple incidents of having his vintage Norton knocked over on the streets of Tribeca,…
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The $29.95 solution
Updating modernist buildings is always a dilemma – how do you make a metal and glass building feel new again? At Lever House, RFR undertook a painstaking (and award-winning) restorationAt 110 William Street, Swig Equities is going the Earl Scheib route – just paint the sucker.
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Pool Aid: The OSA Benefit
If you haven’t heard of them, the Open Space Alliance is a new group that has been formed to serve as an advocate and conservator of north Brooklyn’s parks – including McCarren Park, the yet-to-built waterfront esplanade, and the yet-to-bought waterfront City park.